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Double Vision Television (DVTV), New
York-based on-air and marketing special¬

ists, have created the first three editions of
MTV's "New Music Report." The twohour laserdisc video capsules, designed to
introduce viewers to

new

artists and

new

retailing nationwide. DVTV
also came up with a :45 open and logo to
set the tone for Ghostwriter, a mystery/
adventure shot in New York by the
Children's Television Workshop. 4
When Broadway Video Graphics devel¬
oped a package of visual elements for
products,

are

Made In America?, the four-hour PBS

special produced by the Science Unit at
WGBH Boston and hosted by Harvard's
Robert B. Reich, they had a production
philosophy: lists of scientific data equal
death in terms of viewer interest. ♦
There's never a dull moment at Post Ef¬
fects in Chicago. Director Dan Hoeg shot

R/Greenberg signed an exclusive sales
and production deal with The Under¬
ground. In addition to exclusive represen¬
tation, the Beverly Hills-based production
company (specializing in visual effects and
graphic design) will co-produce feature film
and broadcast graphics in the US, Canada
and Japan with the Manhattan effects
house. ♦ Yvette Pineyro of famed Hispanic-oriented edit shop Gloria's Place
cut "AIDS: Playing With Your Life," a
PSA for the New York State Health Depart¬
ment directed by Ares Demertzis for Cas¬
tor Advertising. She also directed the
music video for "No Good Unless They
Love You," performed by Breezy Beat
M.C. Staff editor Bob Portune made the
cuts. Portune also created an interactive
Puerto Rico Industrial

live action and special effects for a high-end
morph spot for LA radio station KKBT-FM,
starring Luther Vandross and M.C. Ham¬
mer. ♦ Mz artist/designers MichaRiss
and Michael Marlowe of New York may
have achieved the first feature film open

♦ Jim Riche of New York's Exit Produc¬

using Macintosh technology. Bold, red-on-

tions shot

Raimone. Commercial DP/Steadicam
operator Adam Kimmel made his move
into feature shooting on the project, which
says

went to Cannes. Kimmel also shot a short

for Ted Demme, Jonathan's nephew, and
rumor has it that Ted may have a deal with
New Line to direct Oil in Harlem. 4
"You'll Never Walk Alone," a PSA pro¬
duced and directed by Johnny Reid of

Johnny Reid Productions, Ltd. and star¬
ring Patti LaBelle, promotes a 10-kilome¬
ter fundraising walkathon benefitting the
Gay Men's Health Crisis. The spot was
made possible through donations and ser¬
vices valued at $250,000 from individuals
and businesses around the country. ♦

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"READaTHON" is designed to get kids to
read books and raise money for MS re¬
search. 4 The International Telepro¬
duction Society proudly announced a new

chapter: ITS/Virginia. Formed at a meet¬
ing of area facility heads, ITS/Va will be led
by president William Todd Mason
(Henninger Richmond), who hails mem¬
bership in the ITS as "a unique vehicle for
communication, growth and information."
♦ Director Designer Peter Wallach in¬
corporated classic cel animation, live action,
stop motion, high-speed photography, mod¬
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shooter Bob Schwartz of Eye View
Films shot a pool of spots for Weight
Watchers' "Personal" program for

black silhouettes introduce Who Do I
Gotta Kill? from R.S.V.P. Productions.
Producers Nicholas Spina, Vincent
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